Method for Tagging and Tracking Wildlife

• US 20160157462A1
• Filed: 12/04/2015
• Published: 06/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bay Slayers LLC
• Original Assignee: Bay Slayers LLC
• Inventors: Taffler, Michael A., Scialabba, Richard
• Granted Patent: US 9,839,196 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 11/008 incorporating GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 29/005 Monitoring or measuring activity, e.g. detecting heat or mating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2379 Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/02 Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining

Abstract

A method for tagging and tracking animals utilizes a plurality of user accounts and a plurality of species profiles. A user account of the plurality of user accounts is utilized to enter tag information from a tag of a plurality of tracking tags. More specifically, the tag is attached to a specific animal. When the tag information is entered, a relevant profile from the plurality of species profiles is selected. The relevant profile has information related to the specific animal. Next, the user completes a plurality of fields related to the specific animal which is saved into the relevant profile. Simultaneously, a list of geographical information is completed and saved into the relevant profile. As a result, the relevant profile is saved with the latest information of the specific animal. When required, a premium account of the plurality of user accounts is used to view the relevant profile.

Claims

1. A method of tagging and tracking wildlife by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method comprises the steps of:

providing a plurality of user accounts and a plurality of species profiles;

providing a plurality of tracking tags;

prompting a user account of the plurality of user accounts to enter tag information for a tag of the plurality of tracking tags, wherein a physical user interface of a portable computing device prompts to enter the tag information of the at least one tag;

receiving the tag information for the tag in order to retrieve a relevant profile from the plurality of species profiles, wherein the tag information is entered through the portable computing device;

displaying the relevant profile, wherein a screen of the physical user interface displays the relevant profile;

prompting the user account to complete a plurality of fields;

receiving catch data through each of the plurality of fields for the relevant profile;

automatically updating a list of geographical information for the relevant profile, wherein the portable computing device updates the list of geographical information;

updating and saving the relevant profile with the catch data and the list of geographical information, wherein the relevant profile is saved on a secure server; and

displaying a database of the relevant profile,

if the user account is a premium account,

wherein the screen displays the database of the relevant profile.

2. The method of tagging and tracking wildlife by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 1 further comprises the steps of:

prompting the user account to enter a list of credentials, wherein the physical user interface prompts the user account;

receiving the list of credentials, wherein the list of credentials is received through a handset of the physical user interface; and

validating the list of credentials in order to verify that the user account is the premium account.

3. The method of tagging and tracking wildlife by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 1 further comprises the steps of:

displaying a collective database for each of the plurality of species profiles,

if the at least one user account is the premium account,

wherein the screen displays the collective database of each of the plurality of species profiles.

4. The method of tagging and tracking wildlife by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the collective database is a history of an at least one species from the plurality of species profiles.

5. The method of tagging and tracking wildlife by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 1 further comprises the steps of:

displaying a timeline of the premium account,

wherein the screen displays the timeline of the premium account.

6. The method of tagging and tracking wildlife by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the timeline is a record of the premium account.

7. The method of tagging and tracking wildlife by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 1 further comprises the steps of:

prompting the user account to upload an image, wherein the physical user interface prompts to upload the image;

receiving the image for the relevant profile, wherein the image is received through a camera of the portable computing device; and

updating the relevant profile with the image.

8. The method of tagging and tracking wildlife by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 1 further comprises the steps of:

prompting to complete a plurality of measurements as part of the catch data, wherein the physical user interface prompts to complete the plurality of measurements;

receiving the plurality of measurements, wherein the plurality of measurements is received through a handset of the physical user interface; and

updating the relevant profile with the plurality of measurements.

9. The method of tagging and tracking wildlife by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 1 further comprises the steps of:

prompting the premium account to view a plurality of webpages on a website; and

directing the premium account to the plurality of webpages on the website.

10. The method of tagging and tracking wildlife by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 9, wherein one of the plurality of webpages of the website is an encyclopedia of the plurality of species profiles.

11. The method of tagging and tracking wildlife by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 9, wherein one of the plurality of webpages is a social media platform for a plurality of premium accounts.

12. The method of tagging and tracking wildlife by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 9, wherein one of the plurality of webpages provides a list of tagging information for the plurality of species profiles.

13. The method of tagging and tracking wildlife by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 9, wherein one of the plurality of webpages contains legal information regarding the plurality of species profiles.

14. The method of tagging and tracking wildlife by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 9, wherein one of the plurality of webpages contains a plurality of recipes.

15. The method of tagging and tracking wildlife by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 9, wherein one of the plurality of webpages is a retailer webpage.

16. The method of tagging and tracking wildlife by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user account enters the tag information by scanning the tag with a camera of the portable computing device.

17. The method of tagging and tracking wildlife by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user account manually enters the tag information through the physical user interface.